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season 8. The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones, produced by HBO, premiered on April 14, 2019, and concluded on May 19, 2019. Unlike the first six seasons, which consisted of ten episodes each, and the seventh season, which consisted of seven episodes, the eighth season consists of only six episodes.
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- In the books
: Season 8 is the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones. It consists of six episodes. It premiered with "Winterfell" on April 14, 2019 on HBO, and concluded with "The Iron Throne" on May 19, 2019. It is based on The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring, the forthcoming sixth and seventh novels of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.
Starring
•Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister (6 episodes) •Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister (6 episodes) •Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister (4 episodes) •Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen (6 episodes) •Kit Harington as Jon Snow (6 episodes) •Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark (5 episodes) •Maisie Williams as Arya Stark (6 episodes) •Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth (6 episodes) •Carice van Houten as Melisandre ("The Long Night") •Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei (4 episodes) •Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy (4 episodes) •Joe Dempsie as Gendry (5 episodes) •Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Bran Stark (5 episodes) •John Bradley as Samwell Tarly (5 episodes) •Hannah Murray as Gilly (3 episodes) •Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth (5 episodes) •Conleth Hill as Varys (5 episodes) •Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane (5 episodes) •Jerome Flynn as Bronn (3 episodes) •Kristofer Hivju as Tormund (5 episodes) •Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm (6 episodes) •with Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont (4 episodes)
Guest starring
•Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne (5 episodes) •Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett (4 episodes) •Richard Dormer as Beric Dondarrion (4 episodes) •Staz Nair as Qhono (4 episodes) •Bella Ramsey as Lyanna Mormont (4 episodes) •Richard Rycroft as Wolkan (4 episodes) •Rupert Vansittart as Yohn Royce (4 episodes) •Pilou Asbæk as Euron Greyjoy (3 episodes) •Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Gregor Clegane (3 episodes) •Anton Lesser as Qyburn (3 episodes) •Megan Parkinson as Alys Karstark (3 episodes) •Marc Rissmann as Harry Strickland (2 episodes) •Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy (2 episodes) •Lino Facioli as Robin Arryn ("The Iron Throne") •Vladimír Furdík as the Night King ("The Long Night") •Harry Grasby as Ned Umber ("Winterfell") •Tobias Menzies as Edmure Tully ("The Iron Throne")
Producers
•David Benioff: executive producer, showrunner •D.B. Weiss: executive producer, showrunner •Bernadette Caulfield: executive producer •Frank Doelger: executive producer •Carolyn Strauss: executive producer •David Nutter: executive producer •Miguel Sapochnik: executive producer •George R.R. Martin: co-executive producer •Vince Gerardis: co-executive producer •Guymon Casady: co-executive producer •Bryan Cogman: co-executive producer •Greg Spence: producer •Chris Newman: producer •Lisa McAtackney: producer •Duncan Muggoch: producer •Michele Clapton: costume designer •Deborah Riley: production designer •Ramin Djawadi: composer •Nina Gold: casting director •Robert Sterne: casting director
Writers
•Dave Hill: episode 1 •Bryan Cogman: episode 2 •David Benioff and D.B. Weiss: episodes 3, 4, 5, and 6
Directors
•David Nutter: episodes 1, 2, and 4 •Miguel Sapochnik: episodes 3 and 5 •David Benioff and D.B. Weiss: episode 6
Pre-production
For a time in January 2017, Season 8 renewal was put on indefinite hold, due to a disagreement between HBO and the showrunners over the number of episodes it would contain. While originally Benioff and Weiss stated they intended 7 episodes for Season 7 and 6 for Season 8, apparently there was some internal pushback that they should make more than six episodes (whether for story reasons or purely business/budget reasons is unclear). At their SXSW panel on March 12, 2017, Benioff and Weiss announced that Season 8 will consist of the originally planned six episodes. No new writers will be introduced: Dave Hill will write the first episode, Bryan Cogman the second episode, then Benioff and Weiss will divide up the remaining four. George R.R. Martin will not be returning to script another episode. On September 26, 2017, the directors for Season 8 were confirmed: the first five episodes will be divided up between returning directors David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik. Fabian Wagner, Sapochnik's director of photography, confirmed he is working on episodes 3 and 5, leaving episodes 1, 2 and 4 for Nutter. David Benioff & D.B. Weiss will themselves direct the series finale, as they have worked as directors on several episodes in prior TV seasons.
Filming
Filming officially began on October 23, 2017, and ended on July 6, 2018. In Northern Ireland, production began in October 2017. Interior shooting returned to the show's headquarters, the Paint Hall Studios in Belfast as well as Linen Mill Studios in Banbridge. Meanwhile, intensive location shooting has taken place at the Winterfell set in Moneyglass. Throughout 2018, extensive shooting took place at a Magheramorne green screen set, which was used to re-create King's Landing. Filming also took place at the Cushendun caves, standing in for Dragonstone cave first seen in season 7. By January 2018, production crews had moved to Iceland for location filming commencing in February. Production also returned to Dubrovnik, Croatia, in February 2018, with supposedly brief shooting scheduled at multiple locations, including Fort Lovrijenac, the Pile Bay, Minceta Tower and Bokar Fortress. In May 2018, production returned to Spain. Shooting commenced in Seville to shoot Dragonpit scenes in Itálica, with many cast members present for the week-long shoot, said to be similar to its large setpiece in the seventh season.
Episode runtimes
The first episode of the season has a runtime of 54 minutes, the second episode has a runtime of 58 minutes, the third episode has a runtime of 82 minutes, the fourth and fifth episodes have a runtime of 78 minutes each, and the sixth and final episode has a runtime of 79 minutes.
Season 8 Blu-ray and DVD box sets were released on December 3, 2019. They are available from Amazon.com, which prices the Blu-ray set at $44.99 and the DVD set at $34.95.
Features on the DVD release include:
•Game of Thrones: The Last Watch: A documentary featured on DVD in two parts by filmmaker Jeanie Finlay chronicling the making of the final season.
•When Winter Falls: Exclusive 30-minute featurette with showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, along with major stars and behind-the-scenes players, breaking down all that went into the colossal filming of the "Battle of Winterfell" in Season 8, Episode 3.
•Duty is the Death of Love: A compelling look at how the team behind Game of Thrones and its major stars, including Kit Harington, Peter Dinklage and Emilia Clarke, brought the show to its conclusion in the series finale, "The Iron Throne."
•Audio Commentaries: 10 Audio Commentaries with cast and crew, including the show's creators, Benioff and Weiss, on the final season.
All the plotlines of this season are far ahead of the point the novels reached; a few scenes of it are based on scenes from the novels.
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